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A shadowbox filled with keys marks patterns of grace in a mental health journey.
Spiritual Growth

Marking Patterns of Grace with Stones, Medallions, and Keys

ByMargaret Lea (Margalea) Warner October 1, 2023September 29, 2023

I tell the story of my keys hoping to find my way in the challenges that are surely ahead, and also clearing the path for my peers and their families and friends. And really, aren’t we all longing to be “transformed by the renewal of our minds?”

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Wholeness in Uncertain Mental Health
Lifestyle

Wholeness in Uncertain Mental Health

ByAbigail Alleman April 1, 2022March 29, 2022

My return to the mental ward from the Hungarian ICU gave me hope that I had endured the ugliest part of this trial. Yet, sleep still eluded me. When I closed my eyes, visions returned of angels and demons and wars in the celestial realms. My mind had not yet fully returned to me, and…

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The Silence of Suicide
Memoir | Relationship

The Silence of Suicide

ByJen Pollock Michel May 1, 2017April 27, 2017

He left a cold, wordless goodbye in the garage. We’ve tried making sense of it ever since. Unanswered questions are always one cruel part of suicide’s trauma. The puzzle of intention never entirely fits together; there is no straight, unimpeachable line from A to B. In my brother’s case, we were only able to piece…

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